>>87731693The Red Lotus had loads of potential as villains but it kept getting squandered.
They reveal Aiwei as a member of the Red Lotus very early on, setting up for the RL to be this kind of crazy, spooky, Hydra-like organization with agents everywhere, then NOPE - TURNS OUT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE.
They start building up the organization's goals as some kind of antithesis to the White Lotus, wanting to restore the balance in their own way, then NOPE - WE WANT, LIKE, ANARCHY MAN! KILL THE AVATAR AND JUNK, YO!
The whole season went like that... don't get me wrong it's still easily the best season of Korra and maybe even a little better than parts of ATLA, but there were so many big ideas that the series failed to deliver on.
